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- Cairo; UAR; PL480 flood assistance; economic projects; Nasser; Sadat; Soviet position; PLO; AID; 1967 crisis; UNEF; Robert Anderson; Liberty incident; 1973 war
- Biographical information; appointment as Postmaster; politically active; relationship with LBJ while he was secretary to Kleberg; Johnsons' marriage ceremony; first Congressional campaign; 1941 and 1948 Senatorial campaigns; VP nomination;…
- [For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange…
- McGiffert's career from 1953 to 1965; how McGiffert got into government work and promotion opportunities under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; meetings with LBJ, including one after the assassination of Martin Luther King; McGiffert'…
- Decision-making regarding troops in Vietnam in 1968 and the deployment of reserve units; the perceived shift from seeking a military solution to a political solution in Vietnam in the late 1960s; an assessment of the U.S. Army in 1969; manpower…
- Biographical information; FDR-LBJ relationship; Estes Kefauver; Austin liberal community
- Role of Special Assistant; regulatory agencies; airport congestion; White House functions; funding; B/P; Dan McKinney; effectiveness of commission; TF vs. Presidential Commission; travel organization; tourist and travel taxes; Obscenity Commission…
- Formation of Loyal Democrats and Dixiecrats; Harris County Democrats; Frankie Randolph; struggle for party control; Sam Rayburn; Johnson's role; precinct organization; race issue; committeeman/committeewoman controversy; 1956 Democratic…
- Meeting LBJ; becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; duties of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Tuesday luncheons; LBJ